Union Leaders Held for Assault on State Policeman
In Lewiston Maine police arrested New England CIO secretary Powers Haggood and CIO director William J Mackesey along with organizer Ernest Henry over a 29 day shoe strike involving 6400 workers across 19 Lewiston Auburn area factories. Riotous assault charges stem from a stone that knocked State Police Lt George Fowler unconscious as 1000 strikers were stopped. National guards patrolled Auburn after Governor Barrows placed troops, with city officials warning violence could trigger martial law. Wages and CIO recognition lie at the heart of the dispute.
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Lewiston
Joseph Piccard
Powers Hapgood
New England
Committee For Industrial Organization
William J. Mackesy
CIO
Lewiston- Auburn
Ernest Henry
George Fowler
State
Auburn
Harry Maneer
Lewis O. Barrows
Frederick W. Ford
Man Confesses Part in Crime in Goldsboro Robbery
Milford Exum, 40, white, confessed to killing Jim William, 60, a Black basket maker, during a April 2 robbery that brought in $4. Exum implicated Earl Sasser, 35, who was arrested with him after the victim’s body was found in a Johnston county stream. Exum allegedly said they forced entry, used a gun to open a safe, and killed during a struggle. he attempted suicide when returning home but poison was removed.
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Goldsboro
Paul C. Garrison
Milford Exum
Jim William
Exum
Earl Sasser
Johnston County
Garrison
Sasser
Governor toName State Liquor Board and Road Commission
RALEIGH April 22 The governor is expected to appoint the state liquor commission tomorrow morning and the new highway war and public works commission Saturday afternoon. He studies maps showing the homes of 74 road commission candidates, with each commissioner to reside in a different highway district.
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Raleigh
Hoey
State Liquor Commission
High War and Public Works Commission
Road Commission
No Trace Found Of Escaped Convicts
Pinehurst April 22 officers hunted two convicts who escaped from a prison camp near here yesterday but reported no trace of the fugitives Bradley and Woodrow Jackson. Bradley was serving 17 to 20 years for manslaughter and Jackson for three to five years.
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Pinehurst
Whion Bradley
Woodrow Jackson
Bradley
Jackson
Mayodan Mill Pays Laid Off Workers for Lost Time
In Mayodan, Washington Mills began paying 67 laid off workers for lost wages after a Bann Beis strike settlement connected to Wagner act decisions. Checks reached workers up to 800 dollars, with total estimates between 25 000 and 35 000 dollars. Some workers had found interim employment while awaiting full reemployment. Local merchants welcomed the cash influx from the payroll distributions and credit boosts.
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Washington Mills
Britain Ready To Reopen War Debt Talks
Britain would reopen discussions on the U S war debt to the United States and attend an international economic conference. Chancellor Neville Chamberlain told the house of commons the government would resume talks when circumstances permit a hopeful outcome and did not state methods. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin spoke on economic cooperation.
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London
House of Commons
United States
Neville Chamberlain
Stanley
College Head Dies Suddenl y
Bruce Ryburn Payne, 63, president who built George Peabody College for teachers into a national leader, died of a heart attack in Nashville. He led the school for 26 years, expanding enrollment to thousands and property valued around 3 million dollars. Survivors include his widow, a son Carr Payne of Nashville, two brothers and two sisters.
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Nashville
Tenn
Bruce Ryburn Payne
George Peabody College
Payne
Morganton
N. C
Carr Payne
Mysterious Farm Tragedy Ends in Apparent Suicide
In Kinston on April 22 the body of 46 year old J. C. Gardner was found in a barn at his farm with a bullet wound to the head and his discharged rifle nearby. Relatives say he had been worried over his crops.
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Kinston
J. C. Gardner
Los Angeles
John W. Hunt
Father Divine
Hunt
Delight Jewett
Gable testifies as government witness in Norton mail fraud trial
Clark Gable finished his government testimony and awaits call for the defense in the mail fraud and conspiracy case of Mrs. Violet Welle Norton who claims he is the father of her daughter. The government alleges she mailed letters soliciting support for Gwendoline, age 13, and Gable has appeared twice for the prosecution. He first denied paternity, then identified salary checks from a Portland lumber company in 1928 tied to the letters’ claim of a visit to England posing as Frank Billings.
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Los Angeles
Clark Gable
Violet Welle Norton
Gable
Norton
Bute
Gwendoline
Portland, Ore
Peace talks eyed to end General Motors strike in Canada
The 15 day walkout affecting 3,700 workers awaited talks in Premier Hepburns office with Oshawa leaders Millard and Cohen attending as Oshawa workers representatives. In Washington United Mine Workers led by Lewis said organizers would move into Harlan Kentucky. Firestone Akron rejected a U R W proposal ending seven weeks of dispute affecting 10,000 workers as CIO pushes for closed shop.
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General Motors
Canada
Mitchell Hepburn
C. H. Millard
Oshawa
J. L. Cohen
John L. Lewis
Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Harlan County
William Turnblazer
Harlan
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
United Rubber Workers Union
Rallying Flush Fades On Market Rallying Flush Fades On Market
New York April 22 The stock market rally faded with only a few steels rubbers and specialties showing a mile recovery. After a brisk opening offerings increased to trim gains and near the fourth hour small declines prevailed. Dealings remained slow.
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New York
Assault Repulsed in Madrid Suburb Fights
Government forces pressed into insurgent trenches in Usera west of Madrid under heavy shelling that left over 200 dead and 400 injured as the capital endured its heaviest bombardment in 20th century warfare.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Usera
Wallis Simpson to Wed Duke of Windsor in June
London sources report memorial plans to wed Wallis Warfield Simpson to the Duke of Windsor. Possible dates include June 19 or June 23 with Windsor’s birthday, likely at the Chateau de Candé in Tours, France, after Simpson’s divorce decree becomes final. The ceremony may be attended by Mary Princess Royal and the Duke of Kent, with the duke as best man.
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London
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Duke of Windsor
Edward VIII
England
Mrs. Simpson
Windsor
Mary
Princess Royal
Duke of Kent
Chateau de Cande
Tours
France
Chateau
Orphanage Meet Closes With Officers Elected
Winston Salem April 22 The Tri state Conference of Orphanage Workers ended with plans to meet next year at the John De La Howe school in McCormick South Carolina. Dr I G Greer Mills Home Thomasville was re elected president and Dr W D Roberts Epworth Orphanage Columbia S C was elected vice president. C A Durden superintendent of Methodist Orphans Home Macon Ga became secretary and Dr A T Jamison superintendent Connie Maxwell Orphanage Greenwood D C was named chairman of the program committee.
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Winston-Salem
John de la Howe
South Carolina
McCormick
I. G. Greer
Mills Home
Thomasville
W. D. Roberts
Epworth
Columbia
Methodist Orphans’ Home
Macon
A. T. Jamison
Connie Maxwell
Greenwood
D. C
Hoey Reappoints Dr Dorton to Veterinary Board
Raleigh April 22 Governor Hoey reappointed Dr J B Dorton of Shelby to the board of veterinary medical examiners. His term will expire July 1 1941.
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Raleigh
Hoey
J. 8. Dorton
Shelby
Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
Waynick Support Grows Ahead Of Highway Appointment
In Raleigh area, supporters of Waynick resist forecasts that Governor Hoey will oust him from the State Highway and Public Works chair. Interest peaks as Raleigh hints emerge that Hoey will announce the new commission from Edenton after a weekend meeting with a final personnel decision expected soon.
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Highways and Public Works Commission
Hoey
Capos M. Waynick
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Waynick
Raleigh
Highway and Public Works Commission
Edenton
Police search for Bill Payne in Moncure prison break
Police scoured the Moncure area on April 22 for Bill Payne a High Point bank robber and two other long term convicts who fled Caledonia prison on February 15. The trio wrecked a light car a mile and a half from town witnesses named Payne among the men. Oscar Pitts acting director of the penal division said the two other men likely belong to the six man getaway band.
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Moncure
Bill Payne
High Point
Caledonia
Payne
Oscar Pitts
Penal Division
Police seek Bill Payne and companions after wreck near Moncure
High Point police, alerted by state authorities, seek clues to the location of Bill Payne and two companions. A wrecked car was found near Moncure yesterday, with no new clues located in High Point by noon today.
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High Point
Bill Payne
Moncure
Automobile crash injures 14 year old in Winston-Salem
In Winston-Salem on April 22 a vehicle struck 14 year old Eugenia Shore, leaving her seriously injured. The incident involves no further details on the driver or location.
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Winston-Salem
Eugenia Shore
Carolinas Civitan Convention Opens in Greensboro
Civitan delegates begin arriving in Greensboro for the 15th annual Carolinas district convention which opens tomorrow morning. Local hosts expect participants from multiple cities and clubs to attend the two day event.
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Greensboro
Civitans
Jury panel chosen for Denhardt murder trial
In New Castle Kentucky on April 22 the commonwealth accepted a jury to try Brig Gen Henry H Denhardt for murder and defense sought a recess to decide on accepting twelve jurors With about 100 veniremen to select from ten jurors were tentatively chosen The county custom of excluding women from juries prompted a search for more veniremen Judge Marshall ordered authorities to widen the pool amid signs the state will seek the death penalty and capital punishment views were questioned of prospective jurors
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New Castle
The
Commonwealth Today
Henry HH. Denhardt
Henry H. Denhardt
Commonwealth
Denhardt
Henry County
Charles CC, Marshall
Evan Harrod
H. B. Kinsolving, Jr
Escapee Shot Dead After Police Shootout in Filbert
In Uniontown Pa an escaped prisoner Hamilton Leftwich a Negro hiding in a mine house at Filbert was killed in a gun battle with police after wounding Officer Joseph A. Hoffer who was critically wounded in the abdomen. Police fired 40 to 50 shots and used tear gas to rout the fugitive within 15 minutes. Leftwich had been among six prisoners who escaped Fayette county jail last week.
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Uniontown
Filbert
Joseph A. Hoffer
Hamilton Leftwich
Fayette County
Hoffer
Tar Heel Slayer Denied New Trial
Dwight Beard, an escaped North Carolina convict, was denied a rehearing by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals after failing to show new evidence for a new trial. Beard, who fled North Carolina’s state prison in August 1935 while serving a life sentence, had been sentenced to death in Dallas County for killing John Roberts, a former policeman there, in 1935.
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Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
Dwight Beard
North Carolina
Dallas County
John Roberts
Beard
Funds Sought For WPA Relief Jobs Under Roosevelt Plan
WPA spokesmen said unofficially that about 1,786,000 persons could receive relief employment each year under the president's recommended appropriation for next fiscal year. The statement frames the scale of federal work relief expected despite funding gaps.
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Washington
WPA
Roosevelt
Deposits Hold Chief Threat Of Inflation
Hot Springs Ark April 22 Demand deposits five billion dollars greater than 1929 threaten monetary inflation says American Banks Association policy committee. Leonard P Ayers of Cleveland heads the panel which notes credit expansion via government securities and bank investments, with rising business activity. WPA relief funds and political maneuvers loom. La Follette Civil Liberties committee probes county abuses as testimony raises threats to deputies.
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Hot Springs
Ark
America
American Banks Association Economic Policy Committee
Leonard P. Ayers
Cleveland
Association
Sesson
WPA
la Follette Civil Liberties Co Tee
Conditi
Harlan County
Henry M. Lewis
Theodore Middleton
Todleton
Roosevelt
Woman Dies in Car Collision Near Edinburg Va
Two women, likely Georgians, died and another was badly injured when their car crashed with a poultry truck on the Valley of Virginia Turnpike near Edinburg Virginia at 6 15 this morning. The truck was driven by Frank Kelly of Jefferson City Tennessee. A marriage license for Victor M Mann and Inez Culver of Marietta Georgia was found in the car.
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Edinburg
Shenandoahounty
Carl Godenour
Woodstock
Valley of Virginia Turnpike
Frank Kelly
Jefferson City
Tenn
Godenour
Georgan
Victor M. Mann
Inez Culver
Marietta, Ga
Museum Acquires Snapping Turtles in Raleigh
The state museum acquired a 12 pound snapping turtle captured near Weldon by J. J. Collier of Raleigh. Assistant curator Harry Davis noted the weather as a factor and joked it could be safer to be bitten in summer. Collier saw two turtles but kept one, suggesting spring mates were separated. The museum will decide whether to mount or dispose of the specimen.
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Raleigh
State Museum
Harry Davis
Labor Rifts Split AF of L Meeting in Atlanta
Federation of Labor members held two meetings in Atlanta as resignations moved through the ranks. Steve Nance faced pressure to renounce ties with the John Lewis Committee for Industry and affiliates split over leadership. Frank Dillon and President William Green pressed for Nance to resign or declare allegiance, while Nance claimed the issue was for the convention to decide. The dispute led to delegates loyal to the F. of L. being urged to move to a separate hotel for a parallel session.
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Atlanta
Federation of Labor
Afican Federation of Labor
Steve Nance
Frank Dillon
William Green
A. F. of L
Nance
John
Dillon
F. of L
Vention
Heaven in Harlem Leader Harried by Police
Police pursued the self styled religious leader in Harlem as officers sought to serve court papers. A lieutenant named Faithful Mary reportedly aided the leader to a Ulster county hotel during the incident.
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Harlem
Contin
Mary
Ulster County
Father Divine
Camora
Granville Presbytery to Meet in Roxboro October 5
The fall meeting of the Granville Presbytery was decided to be held at Roxboro on October 5 during the Presbytery's annual session held here yesterday.
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Henderson
Granville Presbytery
Roxboro
Presbytery
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